Paper-holder



(No Model.)

G. H. KENT.

PAPER HOLDER. No. 602,186. 1 PatentedApr. 12, 1898. K

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HENRY KENT, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

PAPER-HOLDER.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,186, dated April12, 1898.

Application filed March 1, 1897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE HENRY KENT, of Cambridge, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Paper-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is apaper-holder for holding in place loosepapers,manuscripts, and similar articles and thus preventing their lossor displacement by drafts of air and other causes; and it consists of acurved arm, which may be made of metal or other suitable material,attached at one end to a horizontallyplaced rod, on which is a suitablespring, by means of which the free end of the arm is made to bear uponthe articles to be held in place and which lie upon a suitable base ortablet, to one end of which the said rod is attached. On the free end ofthe arm may be placed a small plate for bearing upon the articles to beheld in place.

In the drawings I have shown in Figure 1 a plan View of my invention,and in Fig. 2 a sec tional View on the line X X, Fig. 1.

a is the base or tablet, on which are to be placed the articles to beheld in place.

I) is a curved arm, on the free end of which may be placed the plate band having the other end attached to the rod 0, resting in sockets d d,and having wound around it the helical spring 6. The center of thespring 6 is curved upward to form a loop which rests Serial No. 625,535.(No model.)

against the arm b. At one end of the arm is arranged a catch f, which isdesigned to fit into the indentation g in the socket d.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The free end of the arm I)will ordinarily rest upon the base or tablet a, being held down by thespring e. When it is desired to place any article on the base, the armis lifted up, the

article is placed on the tablet, and the arm restored to its originalposition. The article thus placed will be securely held. By means of thecatch f the free endof the arm may be held suspended, thus allowing thepapers or other articles on the base a to be removed or assorted, as maybe desired.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In apaper-holder, the combination of the base a; the curved arm I),attached at one end to the rod 0, the ends of which rest in sockets d,d; the spring 6, the center of which is curved upward to form a loopwhich bears against the arm b, so as to cause the free end of said armto rest upon the base; and the catch f, fitting into the indentation gin the socket 61; substantially as, and for the purpose, abovedescribed.

GEORGE HENRY KENT.

Witnesses:

THOMAS L. DREW, OHAs. H. DREW.

